Episodes
Friday Apr 16, 2010
eppur si muove(and yet it moves)
Friday Apr 16, 2010
Friday Apr 16, 2010
The mixes are coming fast and furious! I'm trying to crank out a few more than normal. This one seems to be fast paced compared to the usual mixes found here.
This creation is similar to a mix I did in 2008 called "Motion for Relief". Ambient dub would be the best way to describe this installment. Not all the tunes are "dub" but most have beats, some more prominent than others. The feel is still pretty laid back, with just enough going on to give a sense of movement. Hence the title, "eppur si muove(and yet it moves)", which is apparently a phrase uttered by Galileo.
Enjoy
T R A C K L I S T :
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- 00:00 Pan American - B esso
- 04:30 Deepchord - Vantage Isle (echospace reshape)
- 08:50 Aardvarck - bloom 4
- 11:45 Marconi Union - Shibuya
- 14:45 Porter Ricks - Redundance 3
- 20:40 Rhythm & Sound - Hit You Version ??
- 27:40 Kiln - Royal Peppermint Forest
- 30:50 Rena Jones - Indra's Web
- 33:40 Rod Modell - beach
- 37:20 Shuttle 358 - Calty
- 40:50 Marconi Union - We Travel
- 47:25 Jonathan Hughes - Dieresis
- 49:40 Basic Channel - Radiance i edit
- 53:30 James Murray - eleven (decades mix)
- 59:57 end
Sunday Dec 20, 2009
Remember Tomorrow
Sunday Dec 20, 2009
Sunday Dec 20, 2009
I was listening to music from Lunar Testing Lab the other day. The album, "Space Program", has a sort of retro/space/electronic feel to it. Boards of Canada in space?
I thought a whole mix of music with this kind of feel would be fun, so the result is "Remember Tomorrow". I tried to use tunes that had that retro, space program vibe without being too kitschy or cheesy. It's fine line & I hope I walked it successfully.
Lunar Testing Labs of course makes several appearances in the mix and of course Board of Canada had to be included. I am especially happy about being able to squeeze in the track "Cowboy" from The Units. I remember listening to it in college and absolutely loving the tune, so it was was fun to get it into a mix. I am also happy to have two Bowie cuts in there, "V-2 Schneider" & "Weeping Wall".
I found some sound from a recording called "Bob & Betty go to the Moon" and I used a couple clips from that old, corny recording. I tried not to use too much as it can easily distract from the music. I ended up using 4 samples, the coundown open & three other quickies. Using sound samples can be very tempting, tt's fun to use some but they can quickly get in the way of the music.
Although this mix is more beat-oriented than the typical Low Light offering, I think it's a fun trip.
Download(right click/save as) : 93mb, 51:00 min Remember Tomorrow
T R A C K L I S T I N G :
- 00:00 Countdown from "Lunar Adventure in 1985"
- 00:13 Belbury Poly - Adventures in a Miniature Landscape
- 06:05 Harmonic 33 - Departure Lounge
- 10:30 Lunar Testing Lab - Lunar Radio control
- 11:30 EU - New Osc's
- 13:00 Boards of Canada - Wildlife Analysis
- 13:50 Freescha - The Sun is Still
- 16:00 Lunar Testing Lab - Orbiting Lunar Observatory
- 16:40 TRS-80 - moon Patrol
- 22:30 David Bowie - V2 Schneider
- 25:10 Bochum Welt - interlude
- 28:25 Lunar Testing Lab - Phantom Cosmonaut
- 30:50 Signaldrift - Children of the 70's
- 32:20 Harmonic 33 - Planet 54
- 35:50 Frank Comstock - Music from Outer Space(when you wish upon a star)
- 37:50 Boards of Canada - Nova Scotia Robots
- 38:50 Bernard Szajner - A Kind of Freedom
- 41:30 Talvihorros - A Rural Place
- 43:35 David Bowie - Weeping Wall
- 46:35 Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
- 51:05 end
Thursday Jul 30, 2009
gravity
Thursday Jul 30, 2009
Thursday Jul 30, 2009
- 00.00 Like The Foot Prints Of An Invisible Man - Jasper TX & Anduin
- 00.20 A Box of Wood in the Storm - Jasper TX
- 05.00 Excerpt 2/3 - ww.lowman
- 05.10 Cosmos 1 - Murcof
- 08.30 Pillar - David Daniell
- 11.40 Everything Disappears In A Tunnel Of Light- Jasper TX & Anduin
- 15.20 In a Stony Place - Mira Calix
- 18.45 Still Upon the Ocean Floor - Loscil
- 20.00 Invocation - Gregg Kowalsky
- 20.10 Auf der Gasse - Stephan Mathieu
- 23.15 Stele - David Tagg
- 28.00 Mulm Og Mørke - Mulm
- 31.40 Untitled 3 - William Basinski & Richard Chartier
- 35.10 Opening Sky - Steve Roach
- 37.00 Nocturne - Stephan Mathieu + Taylor Deupree
- 37.30 Pictures from Airplanes - David Tagg
- 41.45 The Sirens - St. Kilda
- 45.40 Filitosa - Melodium
- 47.15 A Stop at the Chord Cascades - Tim Hecker
- 47.33 V - Gregg Kowalsky
- 49.15 Vi-Vii - Gregg Kowalsky
- 52.00 Monochrome 1 - Tu M'
Friday Dec 05, 2008
motion for relief
Friday Dec 05, 2008
Friday Dec 05, 2008
I thought I'd try something a bit different...a mix that is beat driven. Of course it's not going to be some house music mix or techno dance trax. The mix is sort of in the same vein as the ones done by Alan, of Great Axescapes fame. He has a fantastic mix called "nowthatswhaticallmnmlambidubtechno! vol.1" that you can find here...vol. 1. This mix is similar in that dubby, ambient way. Only one artist, Quantec, in common though. I wasn't sure how the mix would work but I like the results very much. I'm listenbing to it as I type this, nice & loud so the low dubby bass lines reverberate around the house. Excellent. The other different thing about this mix is it is shorter than the others. An online friend, Mick, is running The "15 Minutes Of Fame’ Mix Series" & he asked me to do some mixes. The only requirements are up to 40 minutes in length & no more than 10 tracks. That should help with some experimentation, may be an idea will work in a 30 minute mix but not for the usual hour-long mix. When I get a link to the mix series I'll post it here. I should be able to crank out 3 more mixes by the end of the year. Next up...a piano mix, a noisy-droney-scratchy mix and a best of the year mix. t r a c k l i s t : 00:00 Plastikman - consumed 04:44 Marconi Union - buildings without people 08:05 Trentemoller - miss you 11:50 Yagya - rhythm of snow #5 17:55 Underworld - pizza for eggs 20:20 Quantec - unusual signals 25:25 Ontayso - procesamiento 2.05 28:45 Tiki Obmar - ankeney, iowa 39:30 end
Sunday Mar 23, 2008
Moonlight Daydreams
Sunday Mar 23, 2008
Sunday Mar 23, 2008
I had already started this mix when our guest mixer, Jason, sent me his "Satellite" mix. I hadn't thought of satellite = moon until I saw his pic for the mix. So it's kind of funny that the next mix to be posted is a moon mix. I did this one the way I've done some mixes in the past, all the tunes have the word "moon" in the title. Came up with an interesting collections of tracks. It would have been fun to use more of the vocal cuts like Nick Drake - Pink Moon or Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon, but I guess I wanted it to be mostly ambient. So only one vocal tune gets used & that's "Moon River" by Petra Haden And Bill Frisell to close out the mix. I think my favorite tune is the first one by Belbury Poly, it sounds like it could be used in some old sci-fi moon flick. Hope you enjoy the mix. T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Belbury Poly - The Moonlawn
- 04:00 Robert Davies - Moon Chart
- 07:40 Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Our Way was Lit by Moonlight
- 13:00 Lisa Gerrard - Liquid Moon
- 16:00 Djivan Gasparyan - Moon Shines at Night
- 17:45 Rain Tree Crow - New Moon at Deer Wallow
- 19:36 Rumklang - Moonlight Walking
- 21:40 Maps & Diagrams - Man in the Moon
- 22:35 Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Moon
- 27:35 The Green Kingdom - Broken Moonbeams
- 32:40 Steve Roach - Moonshroud
- 40:10 Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Phases of the Moon
- 44:05 Susumu Yokota & Rothko - Floating Moon
- 46:15 Petra Haden And Bill Frisell - Moon River
Saturday Feb 09, 2008
Sequential Circuits
Saturday Feb 09, 2008
Saturday Feb 09, 2008
I don't really like berlin school music much anymore. I used to love that style. The first electronic music that I bought was Tangerine Dream & Jean Michel Jarre. I liked both of those artists for a long time. Eventually I think I just became bored with that style of electronic music.
Recently, however, I've been listening to some berlin-type music. It started with the latest Steve Roach release, Arc of Passion. I was enjoying the album quite a bit so I dug up some other berlin school or nearly berlin tunes to throw into a mix.
Of course there is a cut from Arc of Passion as well as another Roach tune, "Sundial", which I absolutely love. Add in some old T-Dream, Klaus Schulze, Richard Pinhas(3 tunes) and I'm good to go. The Tangerine Dream cuts are from an old cassette that I had of "Hyperborea" which I used to play constantly 10 to 15 years ago.
I'm sure I'll pass out this phase soon. But for now the bouncing sequencers of berlin school are getting plenty of airtime at home & at work.
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